Cities for Artists
A global ranking of cities by affordability for creative workers.
- Category
- Data Visualisation
- Year
- 2026
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The Challenge
Where can you afford to be an artist? Traditional "best cities for creatives" lists often ignore the fundamental issue: whether you can actually afford to live there on a creative income.
The Solution
We combined artist wage data with cost of living metrics to calculate how many hours an artist needs to work to afford rent in different cities worldwide.
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